Magazine+Cover



Both covers have female icons who both were constantly in the public eye and the magazine titles are bold and stand out on both of the covers. For the Vogue issue, the main story is about Michelle Obama and her life as the first lady. This relates to the cover because she is the main focus on the cover! For the Life magazine, the main story is about Marilyn Monroe and her presence in Hollywood. Like Vogue magazine, the story relates to the magazine cover because Marilyn Monroe is on the cover. On the Vogue cover the design principle colour space is evident. Michelle Obama's dress is a bright pink that pops out against the neutral colours in the background. On the Life magazine cover the design principle simple and single point is used because Marilyn Monroe is the only thing on the cover. There is nothing in the background that distracts the viewer's eye at all. Early magazine covers seemed to be more simple than the magazine covers of 2012. Covers in 2012 can be so busy with large fonts and bright colours everywhere to grab your attention, where older magazine covers take a more simple approach with just the title and maybe one or two smaller subtitles. Early magazine covers also did not have information about what would be inside on the cover. They were more like a book, with a title and publication information. A poster cover has no subtitles on the magazine, and the title does not cover the image on the cover. Some poster covers were not related to the stories inside the magazine, but they would portray a general mood. A poster cover was used to send a message based solely on the image on the front, opposed to the distractions of subtitles and the reader not being focused on the image. The purpose of cover lines is to pop out and draw a reader's attention to what the magazine is about. They make it so a person can decide if they would be interested in the magazine even before they open it. Cover lines are very effective in pulling readers in and readers wanting to know more about what the cover line is about. An integrated magazine cover combines the use of cover lines varying in colours, fonts, and sizes, as well as a strong photograph that was taken with the intent of putting multiple cover lines around it to invite the reader in. If the magazine is focused mainly on the image that covers the magazine, then the cover lines should be subtle and not overlapping the image. This would cause the effect of people focusing in on the image instead of the information the cover lines are giving. Cover lines can also make someone buy the magazine from being big and bright and the information they are saying may cause people to relate to it. This would be an effective design for the magazine cover because it has related to people from having bold cover lines. __**References for questions 5-9:**__ [] []
 * 2. What do both of the covers have in common?**
 * 3. What is the main story in that issue and how does it relate to the image on the cover?**
 * 4. What design principles are evident in the cover image? Explain.**
 * 5. What were some characteristics of early magazine covers?**
 * 6. What are some characteristics of the poster cover?**
 * 7. What is the purpose of cover lines?**
 * 8. What is an "integrated" cover?**
 * 9. How can the placement of cover lines effect the overall design of a cover?**
 * 10. Cover Lines:**
 * i) Outside the Box-** Cover lines are always separated by a box from the main picture of the magazine. Many magazines using this tactic for cover lines have the picture in a box, and the cover lines surround the picture either underneath or over top of the picture.
 * ii) Inside the Box-** Cover lines are placed on a solid coloured box over top of the picture so the cover line can be seen clearly.
 * iii) Columns-** A coloured vertical column for cover lines are placed on either the right or left of the magazine cover over the length of the magazine.
 * iv) Zones-** This method for cover lines involves the picture and cover lines being separated into horizontal zones on the cover. The cover lines do not over lap the picture.
 * v) Banners and Corners-** Banners over lap the main photo, usually angled in the corner of the magazine cover. Banners are usually used on attention grabbing covers.
 * vi) Unplanned and Planned Spaces-** In unplanned spaces, cover lines may be placed into an empty spot of the cover that the picture does not take up. Cover lines in planned spaces is when cover lines are placed into the cover in a way that makes it look as though they are meant to be there. The cover lines become as one with the photo on the cover, the do not look like they are placed there just to fit in to the cover.

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Nice job on the cover, although your images look a little squished! 26/28